2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/runit/Config.in b/runit/Config.in
index beff1e7e2..422ca7517 100644
--- a/runit/Config.in
+++ b/runit/Config.in
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ config SV
           sv reports the current status and controls the state of services
           monitored by the runsv supervisor.
 
+config SV_DEFAULT_SERVICE_DIR
+        string "Default directory for services"
+        default "/var/service"
+        depends on SV
+        help
+          Default directory for services.
+          Defaults to "/var/service"
+
 config SVLOGD
         bool "svlogd"
         default n
diff --git a/runit/sv.c b/runit/sv.c
index 532bdb87d..7e5efdea9 100644
--- a/runit/sv.c
+++ b/runit/sv.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ int sv_main(int argc, char **argv)
         unsigned i, want_exit;
         char *x;
         char *action;
-        const char *varservice = "/var/service/";
+        const char *varservice = CONFIG_SV_DEFAULT_SERVICE_DIR;
         unsigned services;
         char **servicex;
         unsigned waitsec = 7;